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Posted on 2/1/25 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 2/1/25 at 5:17 pm
Last hunt of the season this morning. Put a bad shot on a good 8. Tracked specks for a couple hundred yards. Dark red. I think he’s still alive. Probably a leg shot. First time that’s ever happened to me on 40 years of hunting. Still a good season tho.
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Posted on 2/1/25 at 5:22 pm to lsushelly
Man it happens eventually to everyone.
I flat out missed the two biggest bucks I’ve ever shot at
I flat out missed the two biggest bucks I’ve ever shot at
Posted on 2/1/25 at 5:24 pm to Rize
Oh I’ve flat out missed before too. Can’t remember if I’ve ever failed to recover one though
Posted on 2/1/25 at 5:40 pm to lsushelly
Yeah, missing sucks, but hitting and losing it is a waste of a good deer on top of it. I feel your pain, OP.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 5:52 pm to lsushelly
I grazed one high at about 360 a few weeks ago. Thought I had him but only stunned him. Pretty sure I saw him (after the grazing incident) that afternoon and the following morning, too.
This post was edited on 2/1/25 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 2/1/25 at 6:35 pm to Rize
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This post was edited on 2/12/25 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 2/1/25 at 7:38 pm to bradygolf98
quote:
Last year I had a big 8 come out and he was walking back in the woods as I went to go shoot, rushed the shot and knew it was a bad one. Before I got out the stand to go check and see, a huge 10 walked out in the exact same spot, smoked him Funny how hunting works sometimes.
I had a rifle built and rushed trying to hunt with it. Wasn’t grouping well and it was pissing me off trying to get it to group. Finally got two good shots and thought I had it dialed in. Deer came out and I missed him at 130 yards. Reloaded a bullet and he came back out but didn’t trust the gun so didn’t shoot. When I finished my hunt the bullet would eject so I sent it back to the gun maker with a live round in the chamber.
They got the gun and grabbed the scope and the entire pic rail and scope came off. The pic rail screws were broke in half
Posted on 2/1/25 at 7:54 pm to lsushelly
quote:
Tracked specks for a couple hundred yards. Dark red. I think he’s still alive. Probably a leg shot.
What was the deer's reaction after the shot? Did you find any wound beds? Leg usually has sliver of bone on the track. This sounds more like brisket or high shoulder. If he dropped and laid there for a little bit before getting up or crawling off, it's a high back shot. All of those minus leg have a damn near 100% survival rate pending no infection.
This post was edited on 2/1/25 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:07 pm to Stitches
Never laid down. Didn’t come across any bone in the track. Slight buck on impact and trotted off
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:12 pm to Stitches
I didn’t think about brisket but that could absolutely be a possibility
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:13 pm to lsushelly
It's brisket. Dark red blood is muscle. Brisket can be either spotty or it looks like a murder scene with wound beds everywhere, but both go on and on and on with no deer.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:13 pm to lsushelly
I know that sucks but if it was just specks, he’s probably gonna be fine.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:18 pm to Stitches
Thanks. I actually feel a little better about it now. This shite has been bothering the hell out of me. I’ll get him next year!
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:19 pm to lsushelly
Seriously call one of the trackers on the Louisiana blood trailing
Network. They will come out and find it if it’s dead.
Network. They will come out and find it if it’s dead.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:22 pm to Ron Cheramie
I was gonna say the same thing. There are a few of the trackers in Woodville.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:27 pm to pdubya76
Damn. Wish I had thought of that. Already home. I think he’s alive tho
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:27 pm to Rize
quote:
missed the two biggest bucks I’ve ever shot at
Anybody who hasn't missed one of the biggest bucks they ever saw hasn't shot at very many of them
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:27 pm to Ron Cheramie
This is a facebook link...I don't believe there is a charge, but don't know, but always good to tip something for fuel if recovered...
LOUISIANA Blood Trailing Network
LOUISIANA Blood Trailing Network
This post was edited on 2/1/25 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:42 pm to lsushelly
It happens if you hunt long enough. I now have another good tracking dog. That’s my only chance if they run in the thick shite I hunt.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 9:05 pm to lsushelly
Dark red could be liver also
If it’s liver he’s gonna die
If it’s liver he’s gonna die
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